John III, Duke of Brabant

John III, Duke of Brabant (20 October 1300-5 December 1355) was Duke of Brabant, Lothier, and Limburg from 1312 to 1355, succeeding John II and preceding Joanna.

Biography
John was born in 1300, the son of John II, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Brabant. He succeeded to the title of Duke of Brabant at the age of 12, and he decided to ally with King Philip VI of France in 1332 in order to protect his autonomy within the Holy Roman Empire. In 1337, however, John decided to realign towards England during the Hundred Years' War, siding with his cousin Edward III of England against France in exchange for acquiring a strong trade partner in the wool trade. After Edward became penniless, John returned to his alliance with France in 1345, and he remained true to his French commitments until his death in 1355.